LotR2-TTT-Seq06

[Farael]

Originally Posted by alatar

Book-Gandalf finally gets around to it, and in the movie I thought that he was going to when Aragorn chides him that he's still close and talking as the Wise always seem to do ('the explanations needed by others are just so bothersome...' or something), but no. I think that PJ falls into the habit of continually wanting to surprise us. Gandalf's sudden appearance in Bag End is where it started, and in this movie we're going to see a wide diversion just for the sake of 'is he coming back?'-itis. I'm okay with the use of the lost and found characters now and then, but continuously? Is this something that non-readers found good or frustrating? As a reader and someone who followed the development of the films, pretending to kill of characters was just bad.

I think it's just over-kill. While the movies are very good and for the most part I didn't notice the "overkill" the first time around, but as I watched it for the second (and third) time, it's a bit of a mood killer. I think Gimli's jokes could be another example. Sure, he's a lovable bearded little dwarf, and he can be funny at times... but when he's the only funny one, while the others are solemn he turns into a clown... and Gimli is not supposed to be a clown.